Academic Catalog

BIOL402 DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Course Code: 2380402
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 6.0
Department: Biology
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Course Coordinator: Prof.Dr. MESUT MUYAN
Offered Semester: Spring Semesters.

Course Content

Development includes all the changes that take place during the entire life of an organism from conception to death. The course covers the analysis of development following the fertilization; the cleavage, embryonic polarization and gastrulation phases, limb development, eye development, and gonad development and sex differentiation.